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Summer has come and passed. It is now time for another season of AFL football, new initiatives that will either infuriate or spark joy…
The AFL season is almost upon us once again. I guess that means it's time for my annual contribution to the absurd discourse by…
It’s that time again. The Who once sang "got a feeling '21 is gonna be a good year". Much like the Walkers in Tommy,…
This is Part 2 of my 'predictions for the upcoming NFL season. Once again I randomised the order of all NFC teams and now…
For the last few years I've produced a – prediction seems like too considered a word, a conjecture? – conjecture of what the coming…
Lazarus, come forth. After skipping last season due to - something? I think I had a reason. Something must have happened but I can't…
While the AFLW competition is still new, the clubs competing in the competition have histories stretching back decades. With only four clubs without women’s…
Usually, this is the time of year when people are enjoying the start of their preferred football code's season - or looking forward to…
Early autumn is one of my favourite times of the year. The warmth of the midday sun fades into a cool evening perfect for…
While many use their intellect and analytical skills to deduce the most likely of the various outcomes prior to the AFL season, I prefer…
The AFL grand final is only a few more sleeps away. As the culmination of months of matches and thousands of individual contests, it…
This time last year, I randomised a list of all the AFL teams and decided to argue why that would be the correct outcome…
At the start of the year, I decided that instead of putting down my accurate thoughts what the teams of the AFL would do…
With Round 2 done, it's now perfectly acceptable to start making broad assertions as to the form line of teams, especially if those assertions…
Any other time I talk about Demons beating Giants I'm discussing a fantasy novel; if I bring up the time the Swans beat the…
Early this year I spent a month in the United States, and experienced three of the most popular American sports. At each event I…
As at the start of every season, there are people who look carefully at the results of the pre-season, the last couple of seasons,…
Cool. Now there should be a fun nickname for when the Demons play the Devils. Calling it Pandemonium after the capital of Hell in Paradise Lost might be a bit too literary and esoteric. Since the league was fortunate with one copyright holder maybe we can go for two and name it Hell in a Cell?
AFL News: Tassie go back to the future with team name, Blues star out 'indefinitely' but teammate to return
In a professional and public setting? Yeah probably not something a mature adult should do
AFL News: Clarkson apologises for 'emotional' 'c--ksucker' spray, Webster facing lengthy ban
In any other level of the sport that would be a straight red card and I’m not even sure the coach would bother giving the player a spray for being so stupid. Hopefully Simpkin is ok but he should probably not play round 1 even if he passes the tests. He had two concussions last year
AFL pre-season notebook: Responding to another dog shot, and admiring Mitch Owens
Please retire Will. You can still be involved in the game but it’s not safe for you to be a player anymore
Pucovski retires hurt in distressing scenes after another Sheffield Shield head knock
So? That presumes that playing international sport is an important part their thinking.
And if it is important why wouldn’t they choose cricket a sport where international competition is year-round
10 reasons league and union should merge to become One Rugby - and give AFL nightmares
Eggshell skull rulings would argue that it is Maynard’s fault that Brayshaw has to retire now. His bump is certainly the most proximate cause.
COMMENT: Angus Brayshaw's retirement isn't Brayden Maynard's fault - it's the AFL's
Jeez. People are such grumps.
Gilly was excited for his friend and colleague. That’s healthy.
Patty probably is going to be critical but in the team meetings and post match reviews where the feedback can be digested rather than seeming like public whinging. That’s mature
‘Why are you barracking against your team?’ Old keepers up in arms over Gilly cheering Windies and Cummins too nice
Also it seems to be a bit of cherry picking good results. For every Steve Waugh who turned into an all-time great with more time there’d be others who never become anything more than a mediocre player who could be replaced with a dozen others.
Test Mortem: Green’s golden status fading as batting unit becomes fragile, Windies need help to kick on from Gabba glory
I feel like having a match/series against Australia would probably have solved a lot of those financial reasons. As would a match or series against India
Shamar's a superstar: Windies rookie destroys Australia with all-time great spell to break 27-year drought in cliffhanger
It’s pretty sad that Ireland have had Test status for 7 years but still haven’t played Australia. I know there’s some tensions with Afghanistan but there’s no reason it’s taken this long to play Ireland
Shamar's a superstar: Windies rookie destroys Australia with all-time great spell to break 27-year drought in cliffhanger
An excellent performance from an inspired West Indies team. Shemar Joseph wasn’t even born the last time they won in Australia. An excellent game and I hope the sign of a rejuvenation of West Indies test cricket
Shamar's a superstar: Windies rookie destroys Australia with all-time great spell to break 27-year drought in cliffhanger
Damn it. I hate it when the Bulldogs do something right.
'Painful and sorrowful day': NRL joins Australia Day backlash as Hockeyroos, AFL teams call for date change
Oh boy. There’s going to be some real normal reactions to Patty’s comments
'Choose a better date': Cummins wants Australia Day moved as CA chief sledged for 'bizarre' trainwreck interview
That’s some real White Man’s Burden reasoning there
'Choose a better date': Cummins wants Australia Day moved as CA chief sledged for 'bizarre' trainwreck interview
Yeah Hazelwood definitely needs to be replaced. Patty is in amazing form but needs more help from the rest of the pace attack.
Cummins cleans up again but Pakistan recover from collapse with wagging tail frustrating Aussies
See I would have said Warne had the most controversial legacy in cricket. However he has received only hagiography since his death so I guess not anymore.
David Warner: the most complicated legacy in Australian cricket history
Why not say most successful? Also winningest is a superlative. Adding most is superfluous. You wouldn’t say most wealthiest.
Self-entitled Manchester United: Red Devils owed nothing as the football world laps up their pathetic decline
I’m sorry but “certainly the most winningest” is a terrible sentence fragment. Winningest means most.
Self-entitled Manchester United: Red Devils owed nothing as the football world laps up their pathetic decline
Why would him doing both not ring hollow? What would make that not virtue signalling? What makes what you’re doing not virtue signalling?
'Some human rights are inalienable': Khawaja scores a win in battle to display peace logo - as Albanese backs opener
Someone commenting on a news piece on a sports website that someone should do something to prove their virtues definitely would qualify as virtue signalling though.
'Some human rights are inalienable': Khawaja scores a win in battle to display peace logo - as Albanese backs opener
Unless it’s Damien Barrett. He doesn’t understand what a sliding door is.
'Cool': Captain Cummins dishes out perfect, one-word response to Pakistani's shock 'better team' claim
They made $1.5 billion on the Barbie movie.
Why LGBT fans are so hurt over Jordan Henderson's Saudi move
Copeland is right. It doesn’t matter if the ball hits the ground after coming into the control of the fielder. It only matters if the ground helps the fielder take the catch.
'Complete control': Moises rejects fuss over 'embarrassing oversight', 'flat out wrong' BBL catch controversy
Yes they do. Famously the South African flag changed from the old apartheid flag to one including the colours of the ANC after Mandela was elected.
Plus the election of governments is not the only kind of politics.
'Double standards': Khawaja savages ICC hypocrisy in Instagram post as Cummins defends 'pretty vanilla' protest
Oh in that case it would have to be called the Blasphemy Brawl
AFL News: Tassie go back to the future with team name, Blues star out 'indefinitely' but teammate to return